I found a gizmo tucked away which I want to see if anyone in my family/friends/acquaintances/near perfect strangers would like to have before I just throw it away, but it would help a lot if I knew what it was called. (So useless to send out email saying, Want a whatchamacallit?)
I know what it’s used for: keeping count of something, one by one. Like, how many people enter a fairground or how many sheep pass through a gate.
Description: It’s a roughly roundish mass of bright shiny metal that fits easily into your palm. There’s a loop that you slide over a finger that keeps it oriented right, and a single plunger-style clicker you work with your thumb. There’s a window onto a four rotating disk ‘display’ that shows the count – it advances by one each time you press the clicker. There’s also a knob you twirl to reset the numbers to zero.
So…what am I holding in my hand? Anyone?